INFORMATION BULLETIN ^=mêçÑáäÉ=çÑ=jçíçê=sÉÜáÅäÉ= qÜÉÑíJêÉä~íÉÇ=^êëçå=áå=kÉï= pçìíÜ=t~äÉë=~åÇ=pçìíÜ= ^ìëíê~äá~= j~ó OMMT pçéÜáÉ=o~åëçã= = TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.........................................................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................3 METHOD ...............................................................................................................................................4 FINDINGS...............................................................................................................................................5 State profiles.....................................................................................................................................5 Temporal factors...............................................................................................................................6 Arson trends over time....................................................................................................................6 Month stolen....................................................................................................................................8 Day stolen.........................................................................................................................................9 Time stolen .....................................................................................................................................10 Time recovered...............................................................................................................................11 Time between theft and recovery ................................................................................................12 Vehicle profile.................................................................................................................................13 Vehicle type....................................................................................................................................13 Vehicle make ..................................................................................................................................14 Top passenger/light commercial theft targets.............................................................................15 Vehicle age .....................................................................................................................................16 Immobiliser status..........................................................................................................................18 Vehicle value ..................................................................................................................................19 Geographical factors ......................................................................................................................21 Theft and recovery location ..........................................................................................................21 South Australia ...........................................................................................................................21 New South Wales .......................................................................................................................27 Distance between theft and recovery postcode..........................................................................32 Recovery location type ..................................................................................................................34 New South Wales fire services data ...............................................................................................35 Temporal factors............................................................................................................................35 Vehicle factors................................................................................................................................37 Geographical factors......................................................................................................................38 DISCUSSION ........................................................................................................................................40 Summary .........................................................................................................................................40 Implications.....................................................................................................................................40 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